to be put out when a kid fields a phone call to a parents..

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with " we are having dinner at the moment"....

YABU. Sounds like a perfectly good explanation to me.

You sound very high maintenance and self important.

Yabu.

It's not the OP that's self important, it's the type that thinks its beyond the realms of possibility to pick up the phone themselves and say, 'We're just eating, I'll call you later.'

Why can't you just say 'sorry, I'll phone back later'?

robusta- perhaps they had their hands full taking something out of the oven or dishing up and their kids were free to answer.

What's wrong with a child saying "sorry we're just eating"? After all, the parents can't know which one of them a phone call is for without leaving the table, so even if children were banned from answering the phone there is still a 50% chance of the caller having to speak to the wrong person. Why would it matter if the wrong person is a child (as long as they are not a toddler)?

If you're having dineer and can't answer the phone then why are you answering the phone? Let it go to answerphone or better still just ring out so the caller doesn't waste their money. Answering the phone to say you can't answer the phone is daft, especially if you just get a kid to do it.

Because it might have been life and death 2rebecca

2rebecca - I don't like sitting listening to it ring. Besides it might be important. If we don't answer it I don't know. So whoever is closest will answer and if it is not urgent we say we will call back later.

Quite probably the child wants to answer. As long as they can answer it properly why not?